English Dictionary: wrawl | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Warely \Ware"ly\, adv. Cautiously; warily. [Obs.] They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, And with continual watch did warely keep. --Spenser. | |
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Warily \Wa"ri*ly\, adv. In a wary manner. | |
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Warly \War"ly\, a. Warlike. --Burns. | |
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Wearily \Wea"ri*ly\, adv. In a weary manner. | |
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Weroole \We*roo"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Australian lorikeet ({Ptilosclera versicolor}) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called also {varied lorikeet}. | |
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Wharl \Wharl\, Wharling \Wharl"ing\, n. A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See {Burr}, n., 6. A strange, uncouth wharling in their speech. --Fuller. | |
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Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whirling}.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. [root]16. See {Wharf}, and cf. {Warble}, {Whorl}.] 1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden. 2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer. See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton. The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whirl \Whirl\, v. i. 1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. [bd]The whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue.[b8] --J. H. Newman. The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden. 2. To move hastily or swiftly. But whirled away to shun his hateful sight. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whirl \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel. hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the head, D. wervel. See {Whirl}, v. t.] 1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. [bd]In no breathless whirl.[b8] --J. H. Newman. The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above. --South. 2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion. He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust. --Carlyle. 3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. 4. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) A whorl. See {Whorl}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whorl \Whorl\, n. [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See {Whirl}, n. & v.] 1. (Bot.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. 3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle. | |
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Wire-heel \Wire"-heel`\, n. (Far.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. | |
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Woorali \Woo"ra*li\, n. Same as {Curare}. | |
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Curare \Cu*ra"re\ Curari \Cu*ra"ri\(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name. Cf. {Wourall}.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of {Strychnos} ({S. toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also {urari}, {woorali}, {woorari}, etc.] | |
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Woorali \Woo"ra*li\, n. Same as {Curare}. | |
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Curare \Cu*ra"re\ Curari \Cu*ra"ri\(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name. Cf. {Wourall}.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of {Strychnos} ({S. toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also {urari}, {woorali}, {woorari}, etc.] | |
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Worral \Wor"ral\, Worrel \Wor"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown. | |
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Worral \Wor"ral\, Worrel \Wor"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown. | |
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Wourali \Wou"ra*li\, n. Same as Curare. | |
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Wrawl \Wrawl\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. vraale, Sw. vr[86]la to brawl, to roar, Dan. vraal a bawling, roaring, vr[91]le to cry, weep, whine.] To cry, as a cat; to waul. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Wurraluh \Wur"ra*luh\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater ({Entomyza albipennis}). | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Worley, ID (city, FIPS 88480) Location: 47.40134 N, 116.91840 W Population (1990): 182 (96 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83876 |